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Sepolcro di Metella o sia Capo di Bove: P.1926-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sepolcro di Metella o sia Capo di Bove
Accurata e succincta descrizione topografica delle antichità di Roma

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Duflos, Philothée François

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1745 - 1763

Note

Probably published in Accurata e succincta descrizione topografica delle antichità di Roma, by Ridolfino Venuti, Rome, 1763.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 136 mm Width 185 mm
Sheet Height 206 mm Width 274 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Tom. II. pag. 9
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 67
  • Location: Image upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Sepolcro di Metella o sia Capo di Bove
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: F. P. Duflos del. et scul.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1926-1991
Primary reference Number: 94542
Focillon: pp. 15-16
Hind (Piranesi): pp. 76-78
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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